IP Library Granted Patent US 8,749,964
Granted Patent B2
US 8,749,964 · App. 13/122,480 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus

Inventors: Masao Kimura (Kanagawa, JP); Masayoshi Hino (Ehime, JP); Tatsusi Chihara (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Isamu Takagi (Ehime, JP); Erina Komatsu (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
A61B8/467G01S7/52079A61B8/463G06F1/1643G06F1/203G06F1/1656G01S7/52082A61B8/462G06F1/162Y10S248/917
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,749,964
App. No.
13/122,480
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique which in a portable or laptop ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus, optimizes the position of a hinge mechanism for connecting a display section having a touch panel and a main body and the strength of the main body and also reduce the influence of noise between mutual sections, such as an ultrasonic image processing circuit board, a power source, a CPU board and the like, which are arranged inside the main body is disclosed. According to this technique, on a bottom surface of a bottom case 11 in the main body, a supporting section 12 for supporting a display section 20 is formed to stand upright and extend in a width direction, at a position that is dislocated to a front end F side from a rear end R of a main body 10 . Also, a region A in which the ultrasonic image processing circuit board is arranged and regions B, C in which a power source unit and the CPU board are arranged, respectively, are partitioned by means of the supporting section 12.

Claims (13)

1. An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:

an apparatus main body:

a display section, which can be opened/closed with respect to said apparatus main body;

a supporting section that is placed inside said apparatus main body and openably/closably supports said display section and extends up to a bottom surface of said apparatus main body, the supporting section dividing an inner space of said apparatus main body into a plurality of regions which include a first region and a second region;

a first circuit section that is installed in said first region inside said apparatus main body and includes an image processing circuit; and

a second circuit section that is installed in said second region inside said apparatus main body and includes a circuit of a function different from said image process.

2. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said supporting section is formed to stand upright and extend in a width direction of said apparatus main body, on the bottom surface of said apparatus main body of a position that is dislocated to a front end side from a rear end of said apparatus main body.

3. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said supporting section has a vertical shaft serving as a rotation shaft that enables said display section to be rotated in a horizontal direction with respect to said apparatus main body and a horizontal shaft serving as an opening/closing shaft that enables it to be opened/closed in an upper/lower direction.

4. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said supporting section is a 2-shaft hinge mechanism that has said vertical shaft and said horizontal shaft.

5. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said first region is placed in a region on a main body front end side from said supporting section,

said second region is placed in a region on a main body rear end side from said supporting section, and

a CPU and a power source unit are arranged in said second region.

6. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a distance between a front end of the apparatus main body and said supporting section is longer than a distance between said rear end of the apparatus main body and said supporting section.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 032353/0945 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2011
From: KIMURA, MASAO; HINO, MASAYOSHI; CHIHARA, TATSUSI; NAKAMURA, YASUHIRO; TAKAGI, ISAMU; KOMATSU, ERINA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026787/0692 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-325932 · Dec 22, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110235251A1 · Sep 29, 2011